Living by Faith

In my last post I wrote about my husband losing his job. We believe that God is in control of everything. We believe that there is reason for everything that happens to us. We choose to trust God to work it out.

He lost his job on June 2nd. We left town for a few days to think, talk, and pray for direction. We updated his resume, worked on references, and he made some calls. When we returned on June 8th, he had some appointments set up. I began filling out applications online for him and he started interviewing. He went on 2 -3 interviews each day. On June 13th he was offered a job. We talked about it. The hours were bad. There would be a lot of travel and the pay wasn't near what we needed. We decided to trust God and turn down this opportunity. On June 16th, he was offered another job. This one was basically the same money, better benefits, better working environment, and better job stability than his old job. The only downside is the commute will be farther. We decided we could live with that and he took the job. We are so thankful to God for his provision. We believe this was all part of God's plan for him. There are lots of people who look for work for months. He interviewed six days.

One song went through my mind continually during the days he was interviewing. That's the chorus to Living By Faith.

Living by faith in Jesus above,
Trusting, confiding in His great love;
From all harm safe in His sheltering arm,
I’m living by faith and feel no alarm.

We live by faith in Jesus. We trust him to care for us and provide for us. He knows what is ultimately the best for us.